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untranslatable (iou) and major fissure (medicine)


untranslatable (iou)



untranslatable adjective. M17.
[from UN-1 + TRANSLATABLE.]
Unable to be translated (satisfactorily).
Guardian That brand of lovable pathos best summed up by the untranslatable Yiddish adjective nebbish.
untranslata'bility noun M19.
untranslatableness noun E19.
untranslatably adverb M19.
untranslated adjective not translated M16.

major fissure (medicine)


major fissure -->
oblique fissure of lung


The deep fissure in each lung that runs obliquely downward and forward. It divides the upper and lower lobes of the left lung and separates the upper and middle lobes from the lower lobe of the right lung.

Synonym: fissura obliqua pulmonis, major fissure, oblique fissure.